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How to set up your business so you comply with Queensland’s health and safety laws.
If an injury or illness occursThe steps to take—from making sure people are safe to reporting injuries and making a claim.
Getting back to workThe steps involved in starting your recovery and getting you back to work.
Guide to health and safety lawsAn overview of the laws, how they fit together and what they require of employers and workers.
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Safe Work Month 2022 and Work Well 365
Register now for events and download resources to help you keep work health, safety and return to work top of mind all year round.
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Mental Health Week
Mental Health Week, celebrated annually in October, promotes the importance of mental health and wellbeing and aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness.
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Farm safety calendar competition
The 12 winning Queensland primary school students will be announced in October 2022. Pre-order your 2023 Farm safety calendar today!
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Safe Work and Return to Work Awards 2022
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2022 Safe Work and Return to Work Awards and congratulations to all of the finalists.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Actions that should be taken by employers and workers to ensure workplace hygiene and cleanliness is achieved to the standard necessary to protect people against COVID-19 infection.
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Safety Advocates
Our Safety Advocates highlight the personal impacts that an injury can have on workers and their families.
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Ambassadors in Aged Care may reduce incidences of violence and aggression against workers
A pilot trialling the use of resident ambassadors in an aged care setting has shown reduced incidences of violence and aggression against ca...
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Supreme Court decision puts spotlight on interstate workers' connection to Queensland
A recent Supreme Court decision used a three-step test in considering the case of a chef who was injured while working in the Northern Terri...
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Don't get your wires crossed in Electrical Safety Week
With so much happening in Electrical Safety Week (5-9 September), it might be hard not to get your wires crossed!
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Mentally healthy workplaces online workshops 2022
Designed for managers and supervisors, you’ll be equipped with foundational skills to identify, assess and manage risks to psychological hea...
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Work Well 365 Speaker Series - Understanding types of violence – David Whittingham
Join this FREE event streamed online where David Whittingham talks about understanding types of violence.
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Work Well 365 Speaker Series - Can you afford not to be using technology to manage work health and safety and injury recovery? – Greg Tonner
Join this FREE event streamed online where Greg Toner talks about using technology to manage work health and safety and injury recovery.
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Worker seriously injured after fall from a ladder
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Workers killed by mobile plant
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Worker fatally struck by vehicle
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